I'm running VMWare Workstation on Arch Linux with KeePassX set to use ALT + "A" as a global auto-type keybinding.
Prior to running VMware, KeePassX works great. When VMware releases the keyboard from ...

As title, when I enable or disable the Bloc Num, my Archlinux writes something on disk. I can't understand what it saves, probably it's logging, but I can't find nothing in logs. And also, why should ...

I am running Debian Wheezy on a BananaPi.
I just compiled the kernel and the keyboard was working in terminal(if it's called that way).
However, after I installed a dekstop interface using "apt-get ...

I have used the ltunify pairing tool for Logitech Unifying Receiver, written by Lekensteyn, on my Logitech M510 mouse and K350 keyboard, which works perfectly. However, when I reboot, these changes ...

I recently switched to Ubuntu on my laptop and one thing that almost got me to switch back to windows is the fact that I can't make Ctrl + Alt to act like Alt gr.
I have programmed in several years ...

I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 14.10. On 14.04, the Fn key controlled bits and pieces such as mute, brightness, volume, lock touchpad, etc. all worked fine.
After the upgrade, they don't. ...

I have trouble with the numeric keypad (NumLock keys) being unusable while typing.
While I don't think it's GUI specific, this happens both in Gnome and KDE. Sometimes it works in TTY, other times it ...

I'm currently using Ubuntu 10.10 and Netbeans 7.0 and I can't type accented letters with dead keys any more. It's not a version specific problem seems it's related with Swing since I've got the same ...

so I booted up an old Linux Mint machine today and I can't seem to remember the password. So I wanted to reset the password using the instructions on Mint's website but when I hold shift the GNU GRUB ...

Suppose the following code of shell:
setxkbmap us ## set keyboard layout to English language
## OR
setxkbmap ir ## set keyboard layout to Persian language
### OR
setxkbmap ru ## set keyboard layout ...

I need a script, that will run in terminal (under X11), and wait for a keyboard shortcut (happening anywhere in the desktop environment), once that shortcut (or key press sequence) happens, it will ...

I'm writing a shell script to change a user's password. I tried to use the passwd command, but that command always asks for the old and new passwords to be typed; it won't accept them from my script.
...

Usually I only install open source programs on my linux box because I don't trust closed source applications. Recently I had to use Dropbox for a university project. I created a separate linux account ...

I've been thinking that I want a mechanical keyboard, currently I'm using a logitech G510 which is perfect with it's 18 programmable keys (I'm using it with this) but I hear a lot of people drooling ...

How can I configure a shortcut key to send a text string to the current program?
The purpose is to type common entries quicker (email address, street address, phone number, username, favorite quote, ...

After installing Linux Mint Cinnamon 17.1 (32 bit) on my vaio z laptop, the mouse and keyboard start working for a few seconds, then freeze and continue to work very intermittently. For example, I hit ...

On my linux (ubuntu) with KDE, when i press CTRL+F9 the system shows all the opened windows as miniatures, allowing me to select one by clicking on it.
Unfortunately, the very same key combination is ...

i am trying to show the license from the ".run" script file
in specific , the "TeamSpeak 3 Client" .run , file
I am trying to make this with "zenity" , "mate-dialog(s)" and "kdialog"
ok right now i ...

I'm having issues connecting my Logitech K810 Bluetooth keyboard in Debian Jessie with BlueZ version 5.23-1, kernel 3.16.0-4.
The keyboard works fine most of the time but sometimes it doesn't work at ...

Background: I got an Acer Chromebook yesterday and I am running Ubuntu on it (I am also somewhat new to Linux). The keyboard does not have dedicated Home and End buttons since in ChromeOS there are ...

Is there an equivalent product/method for AutoHotkey. For those that don't know, its a product that allows you to program your mouse movements and keyboard. This allows me to "macro" certain functions ...